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Before we get going on today’s topic, I wanted to share my unraveled photo for yesterday, because book and project coordinate so well today:<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The knitting is the baby blanket, which is noticeably longer than last week (although still a substantial ways from being large enough to cover a baby). The book is Julie Murphy’s Ramona Blue<\/i>, which I’m just a couple chapters into. I’m also a little ways into The Princess Diarist<\/i>, Carrie Fisher’s final book, on audio. So far, so funny.<\/p>\n

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Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n

\"Solstice<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

1. The library hosted Roxane Gay for a sold-out, rock-star event of an evening. I’d procured two tickets, so Julia was able to go with me. Because I wasn’t attending alone, I’d made sure to get moving early, which was crucial, since they’d overbooked the venue and later line-goers were turned away. Roxane was as thoughtful, brutal, and funny as her work would lead you to expect.<\/p>\n

2. Knitters especially will want to click over to Flickr to look at the original-sized photo of this bike, which does not, in fact, have an ombr\u00c3\u00a9-colored frame, but a ombr\u00c3\u00a9-covered frame, in one of the most impressive DIY bike fancifying I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

\"Yarn-Bombed<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

3. I had to work last Sunday at Awesome Con, a fan-going convention in the tradition of Comic Con. We had a very specific dress code, which ruled out costumes, but I really enjoyed the work and unabashed enthusiasm that others put into theirs. We had a photo booth area set up and two ’40s-inspired cosplayers stopped by. “He’s Captain America, so does that make you Agent Carter?” “In the flesh, ma’am.” We bantered for a bit, before she broke character to thank me for recognizing her. “I’d worked out a whole back story and then no one asked, so thanks for letting me use it.” Later on, a boy of eight or so gently put his costumed hand on my arm to ask about our (family-friendly) props of “f” words: “What does ‘foxy’ mean?” I paused to come up with an age-appropriate answer: “It means cute.” “Oh.”<\/p>\n

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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